Plant species diversity in abandoned coppice forests in a temperate deciduous forest area of central Japan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-74

  Nagaike, Takuo ^a   Kamitani, Tomohiko ^b   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^c  

^a Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest management; Landscape; Species classification; Species composition; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

(CENTRAL); JAPAN;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 0038332091     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023237408766     Document Type: Article

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